Board of Directors Minutes
November 2007

by Lisa Leifels

Eleven people attended the Board of Directors meeting held on Monday, November 12, 2007. Present were Charles Bovaird, Howard Berger, Richard Corzo, John Gallichotte, John Lansdale, Lisa Leifels, Patrick Libert, Rob Limbaugh, Jim Scheef, Jeff Setaro and Jamie Yates. President Rob Limbaugh presided and secretary Lisa Leifels kept the record. Minutes of the last meeting held October 8, 2007, were approved.

Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported current cash assets of $8,456.66, consisting of total bank and postal accounts in the amount of $8,410.56 plus postage on hand of $46.10. Subtracting a liability of prepaid dues in the amount of $5,239.00 left a net equity of $3,217.66. He also reported that the current membership increased to 263, 78 of which are electronic.

We are fortunate to have John Patrick back to give his annual talk on the future of the Internet at the December General Meeting. Web 2.0 will be the topic for January to be given by Jim Scheef and John Lansdale.

Rob reported that the PC-based music production workshop given by Sean Henderson on November 2 was a big success. The audience expressed interest in having additional meetings every few months.

Rob said that the first Tech Project SIG meeting will begin on Wednesday, November 14. One of the first projects will be to create an online community for nonprofit companies. The Windows SIG will be held the third Thursday of the month, the first meeting will be in December.

Howie Berger would like to provide a document on the DACS website which includes resources to help nonprofit companies. He will send around an email with the information he would like to include and would appreciate comments from the board.

Jim Scheef made a motion, which was approved, to create a DACS membership for nonprofit companies for $75 equal to all the rights and privileges of a corporate membership.

Jamie Yates will return as a Board Director in December and take over the position previously held by Lisa Leifels.

A discussion took place on updating the help-line program list in the newsletter. Many board members offered suggestions at the meeting and Patrick offered to send out an email with the recommended changes.

The resource center beautification project orchestrated by Rob Limbaugh, is another example of the positive impact our new President has had on DACS. Rob along with Jamie Yates, John Lansdale, Bob Jeraci and a few members of Rob’s family devoted two full Saturdays in October to clean up the Resource Center. All together, they managed to clear out five truckloads of junk with the use of Bob Jeraci’s truck. The metal was exchanged for cash at Dell’s Wrecking, which was used to buy a new Brother 2070 printer for the Resource Center. Many thanks to everyone who helped turn the Resource Center into a place DACS can be proud of!